mate that exceeds $1 million. the cell phone video shows the heavy flames that tore through the shipping fashion ilt and green out in lower milford. the first call arrived at 8:30 p.m. and it took fire crews nearly 7 hours to get this one under control leaving behind nearly $1 million worth of damage and lisa myers says her concern about the business was secondary. >> my first reaction was is everybody okay. my first thought. >> and fire crews were able to keep the three-alarm fire from spreading to the 22 acres of neighboring greenhouses on this property. but fire officials admit it was not easy. >> we have no hydrants to connect to so all the water was supplied by tankers and we had 20 here at one point. >> and other facilities many maryland and pipersville. it has little affect.

but seeing even part of their business go up in flames was like a punch to the gut. >> it does hurt the like a baby we know that we'll be better than we were before and we know that god will see us through. crews are working on hot spots right now, at this hour no word on how the fire started but fire officialed say as of now there is no reason to believe there is anything suspicious about the fire. reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. 46 people suffered minor injuries today when two septa trolleys crashed in the powellton section it happened at 1:30, officialed say the trolleys were traveling in close proximity when one rear ended the other. ntsb inv are on their way no new york aft a commuter train crashed during the morning rush. it happened at 8:30 this morning

and the train was packed with hundreds of passengers when it jumped a bumper block at brooklyn's atlantic terminal and roughly 100 people were treated for minor injuries. here is more on the investigation. >> i never saw anything like it in my life. >> reporter: in an instant pandemonium>> dozens of passengers are injured after their rush hour commuter train slams into the terminal wall. >> it's a huge impact and people just literally flew everywhere. people in the aisles were threeing through the skies and fall down it was so scary. >> more than 600 computers were on board and thrown in every direction. except for one passenger wh a the injuries were minor but many were traumatized. >> was sitting if my seat and

the impact threw me against the seat in the front. >> people were on the floor screaming it was bad. >> it happened at 8:30 the middle of the the morning rush hour. the train originating in far rock away. it was intended to stop it. >> when coming into the atlantic terminal the train goes very very slow i was saying to myself. it was going faster than usual. as soon as i said that in my mind there was a crash. >> the engineer was not seriously injured and why the train did not stop was still not clear late this afternoon. both the governor and the mta chairman was at a loss to explain the crash. >> obviously the train is suppose to stop short of the did not do that. it we will look at. >> they told us that the seriously injured passenger was a woman with a broken leg, as it turns out her leg is not broken that is good news tonight. authorities have not said if

they have a chance to interview the engineer but what he tells investigators here is crucial to this case. >> nj burkett channel 6 "action news." >> we have breaking news right now in the hunting park session of philadelphia. philadelphia fire crews are battling a housee at old york road. it started 34 minutes ago. good news here yeavy fire personnel on the scene to get a handle on the fire in hunting park. >> meanwhile, developing news out of camden county in the past 90 minutes, "action news" learnef sailor rider she was found unresponsive at a home on the first b avenue on new year's eve and died at the hospital less than 30 m later only family members were present at the time and the e of her still under investigati. accused of murdering his estranged wife in front of their son was in court today.

jeremiah monell showed no emotion. and he was in an abusive ip with oshea ending when he slit her float in front of their 12-year-old son last month. he was finally captured on monday. >> and we are tracking a b y end to the delaware valley. stormtracker 6 live double scan looking at a beautiful shot at cape may new jersey look at the way the sun is leaving the sky this gorgeous. today felt like winter but that ut to change. cecily tynan is trackw heading our way. >> reporter: hi monica cold air and snow on the way after today's mild high of 54 degrees, what is 13 degrees above normal. finally saw the return of sunshine but temperatures are ready to crash. next two days it will feel like 20 degrees colder than today and the weekend, this is when the core of that cold air really moving in and it will feel 25 degrees cooler than today. winds will be a factor as we ough the overnight hours, the windchill tracker

showing tomorrow morning, 16 degrees in philadelphia. you can see how temperatures tumble through the overnight hours and tracking the chance of snow friday morning. double scan live radar showing the system just trying to get its act together right now in the plains not a major storm system. not expecting a lot of snow the problem will be the timing. it will fall in the overnight hours and could really complicate the friday morning commute. this is what light 9:00 to 1 nightg 7:00 no 9:00 tomorrow morning. and enough to cause slick roads and delays. we'll talk about how much snow to expect in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. not in my backyard that was the message new jersey's public school officials said this afternoo proposed charter school expansion. "action news" was at this rally in trenton. opposed to governor push for charter disaster in the making for

public schools. >> charter schools are pai property taxed, why can't we decide how the dollars are spent when it impacts our children and property values this is taxation without representation. >> the group says that charter school expansion will lead to teacher layoffs and service cutbacks, the governor calls charter schools innovative for families. today marked the first day of philadelphia's newlyanded pre-k program and the action cam was at the spin education center for the first day of class. the city's chief education officer otis hack any was on hand to make sure it was a good first day for everyone. of course the pre-k program is funded by the controversial beverage tax that took effect this week and that means distributors of sodas and juices andnks are paying another penny and a half per ounce and passing it on to retailers that are passing it on

to customers. now customers in the east falls by the impact of the tax. >> something that cost 99 cents now costs me $1.62. >> wow. >> city officials admit that some stores could be hit financre is a tax credit plan in the works that could help stores offering healthier tions. time for a check of the ction news" traffic report gina is in for matt this week. >> hello rick and monica we are starting off with an accident if you travel out now, this is 95 northbound just past bridge street, you can see we have a motorcycle, have the eminents of an earlier accident just the motorcycle remains, it's out there only blocking the shoulder but could be a set back for you. nothing too significant if you head out between the vine out to woodhaven road 23 minutes and southbound 19 minutes. give yourself time but not much

of a problem spot for you. taking a look now at the big picture. 36 at 95 that is cotman after few seeing 13 on the v and 42 on the schuylkill expressway and we'll definitely take that. back overhank you. more ahead on "action news" tonight. in health check the rising concerns about the flu in the state of pennsylvania and why now protect yourself. >> and the battle of health care begins, the dual meetings on capitol hill as the future of affe care act takes center stage in washington. i heard the big boom and something crashing f building. >> a small town rocked by a big explosion andd w think may have leveled a business and given people q the scare when "ac comes right back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg

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a move lawn equipment store was destoried by names overnight after multiple explosions overnight and the blast was strong in fact it shattered windows and nearly 3 dozen nearby homes and apartmented. reads were concerned a bomb may have gone off. >> the place just like shook and rumbled and felt like something was pushing me and then sucked everything out andlew out my window. blew out the front window and sounds like a war zone. pow pow pow boom boom boom.

>> atf crews were on the scene and gun powder in the building may have caused it. charleston church shooter, dillon roof spoke to the injure. in a calm voice he said nothing is wrong with him psychologically. and showed no remorse or said why he killed nine parishioners in 2014 and he robbed the voice of those with the voiceless. and the manhunt is on for the man that opened fire in a nightclub just minutes into the new year check points are set up at istanbul video officialed know who and will not release details of his id in the attack and two dozen others w detained in connection with the shooting. a mul manhunt continues in new englandscaped and

mate james morales. he broke out of a detention center where he was charged with assaulting a minor. health check tonight. top cardiologists are not getting the treatment they need for high cholesterol and that could boost their risk for heart disease. ali gorman is at the big board to explain. we are talking about lvl cholesterol. the bad type. if a person over the able of 21 is 129 or greater they should be put on a statin. but for young adults that doesn't all happen less than 45% of adults with higldl level don't get a prescription. and the number is lower for people in their 30s. now, the take home message for

everyone, for all adults you should know all of these health numbers and talk to your health care provider for what is best for you to lower your risks for heart disease. also, today the flu is on the rise in our area activity in pennsylvania is now widespread with the biggest outbreaks in the pittsburgh and lehigh valley and philadelphia regions, in new jersey moderate in the south but hayektist in the north. n vaccinated yet now and here is why you may not be too late. >> there is a s r you are to the peak the better protection you'll have, it takes two weeks for the vaccine to work the good news is the strain of flu traveling around the country is year'saccine. >> don'tu got the should the in october or november are you still covere now is the time to get it. influenza can be deadly and pennsylvania nine deathed and delaware one. and along with the flu vaccine wash your hands often and try not to touch your nose mouth or

eyes unless you have just washed your hands. good advice because there are a lot of viruses going around now. the new owner of rita's water ice after another acquisition of the company. also, the basketball feat that celebrating like this on the hardwood. and "action news" is about interaction with you, stay with us for the headlines on facebook, facebook.com/6abcactionnews and twitter at 6 abc.

the dow jones is once again in striking distance of a major milestone and sits shy of 20,000 points. the market was up the dow gained 60 points by the closing bell and the nasdaq up 48 and the s&p 500 grew 13 and change. rita's italian his has a new owner, the retailer founds in 1984 in bensalem. rita's will keep current president jeff moody, the chain has more than 600 locations across the u.s. and locations in canada, asia and the middle east. in cherry hill tonight

camden county freeholders bought a welcoming forecast to business owners, the city ofre living a renaissance and people living in poverty are getting new job opportunities, he does not believe that president donald trump will stem the tide. the ymca is getting ready to open their doors in middletown. a soft opening today on cast street. and by the way don't worry about baby sitting, there is an on site free baby sitting room. the goal of the y to make sure they feel home away from home as they work out. singer justin timberlake is proving he is more than just a pop star. skills on the basketball court too take a look. >> how about that. he posted twovies of this on his insta fwram page him sinking not one but two half-court shots at the staple center in los

angeles, the singer is part of the owner of the memphis gridslys that were in l.a. to pay the lakers. >> still to come on "action news" at 5:00 tonight -- a check of the forecast. >> we are going live outside sky 6 hd at the commodore barry bridge the sun is starting to set and snow is coming our way later in the week. next. i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door i need a private connection for my business. wifi pro from comcast business. public wifi for your customers.

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time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. cecily tynan do we have to bundle up? >> we didn't need to today we got to see the return of sunshine and live on sky 6 hd a live shot from th pag overlooking reading, the sun setting at 4:49 and a good amount of sunshine in th are mainl clear and temperatures not that bad. 54 is the high currently 49 degrees in philadelphia. and allentown 43 and atlantic city 50 and cape may 47 and thi running 10 degrees above norma this is continuing the trend of a very warm year last year. philadelphia second warmest year on record. and actually 5 of the 10 some years of philadelphia occurring over the past seven years. allentown second warmest and atlantic city seventh warmest year on record. and now tempe ready to tumble. satellite 6 along with action

radar showing a cold front moved through very little moisture with thiuds and the wind shift, the front now is off to the south and east and what this will do is open the door for some very cold arctic air to move in once it moves in it's going before it moves out. tonight clearing skies and breezy and sharply colder. allentown 21 and atlantic city es and future tracker 6 showing the windchill how it feels when you step outside tomorrow morning. generally in the teens and even with not much of a breeze in the afternoon windchills will be stuck in the 20s. you will want to bundle up find that very thick winter coat for tomorrow. future tracker 6 showing by 11:00 tomorrow night. seeing snow showers breaking out and generally west of philadelphia it kind of fills in in the wee hours of the morning on frind early friday morning, not looking to be a big system. the problem is the timing and the computermorrow genoating to 2

across our entire viewing area. not a lot of snow but could cause problems on friday mornin the five-day at 5:0 colder and high of 35 degrees, friday the mo sunshin afternoo and saturday the storm system looks to be a swing and miss missing us offshore and could brush the coast with snow and 30 and look monday temperatures stuck in the 20s will we warm up next week adanswer in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you cecily.

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"action new continues w meteorologist adam joseph rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. the future of health care for millions of americans, is now the focus of fierce debate between republicans and democrats on capitol hill. tense moments where students and teachers and parents and police armed with rifles descend on this south jersey middle school. philadelphia police want them off the streets before they ike again. >> and now the details, the fight over the future of universal health care for millions of americans is underway on capitol hill.

undoing president obama's comprehensive health care is priority number one of incoming president donald trump. >> mike pence strategizes with the house and senate today and called obama care a failure. president obama made a rare trip to the hill to meet with top democrats to explore ways to safe guard his legislation. karen travers is live on capitol hill with more on the day's development. >> reporter: good evening. it was a rare visit to capitol hill for president obama, it's been a year and a half since he has come up here to sit down with democrats and underscores how critical it is to protect iggest milestones of his eight years in office. but the republicans say it's a failure and they going to fix it. the battle over obama care is on. dueling meetings wednesday on capitol hill. republicans strategizing with vice president elect, mike pence

on how to repeal and replace president obama's signature law. the president putting the democrats on how to stop them. >> look out for the american people. >> and the president urged his party to launch a public campaign highlighting the millions of americans that benefit from the act and what they stand to lose. and they say they are playing with political fire and they hope to fan the flames. >> they can repeal but nothing to put in its place. >> unless they have something to better to start with. >> but it's priority number one for republicans when donald trump takes office. vice president elect, mike pence says that the repeal and replacest includes quicke actions and long-term legislation. >> we have to be careful as we do that a in a it doesn't work a hardship on american families that gained

insurance through this program. and they will delay major changes from 18 months to three years giving time to finalize a replacement. so there is an orderly transition so the rug is not pulled out from under the families while we bring relief. >> democrats say they are willing to work with republicans to fix parts of the affordable care act that needs fixing. they are looking at what they focus on to begin this complicated process. reporting live travers channel 6 for that report. talk of changes in the federal health insurance system is not discouraging sign-ups enrollments on hea are continuing at a record pace they could hit 13.8 million when open enrollment ends the program ceo says that the americans want coverage for preventive care unexpected regardless of how the drama unfolds. >> there say distance between campaign rhetoric and actually

governing policy that the politics of what occurs in washington is complicated it takes time and involves two houses of government. >> kevin says that anyone ow will have of 2017 and it looks like future prices will be settling downbc news hashat the classified version of the russian version of the hacking is ready for president obama. and president-elect donald trump will get his briefing on friday. >> both meetings will be cod by heads of the national security administration and the fbi and the cia. >> the unclassified ver the report will be made pub on monday. california is bracing for the incoming donald trump presidency by hiring a rival to protect their interests. eric holder good act as outside council. worried about things like claim at change and immigration will

be dramatically changed. he will now lead a team of attorneys holder was the attorney general for six years. world news tonight with david muir has more on the expected release of the russian hacking report and the battle over universal health care. watch all of that following "action news" at 6:00. >> closer to home a teenage girl was injured after a home invasion in delaware today. newcastle county police rushed to the scene of the 1300 block in edge more and found the front door kicked non-the teenager with a head injury and leg pain. meantime, detectives collected as much evidence as they could from the scene. and a man was hit by a car if ill wilmington this has diedappene road. authorities say that 90-year-old charles culhane walked in the path of the car and they could

not stop in time. he did not survive the injuries and the driver did stay at the scene. the search is on for two gunman that opened fire at two people on german town avenue in the middle of the afternoon and all captured on surveillance video and police hope that witnesses can shed light on what happened in the 1500 block of german town avenue on monday before 3:00 p.mthree men walking down the street eventually stopped at this tan colored buick and one man got in the backseat and two people in the car started shooting at the men on the sidewalk. fortunately nobody was hit and the car took off. in gloucester county a big rig pulled from under the overpass, it w driving along red bank avenue. the dri injured and traffic was diverted from the area until the big rig could be moved. an unspecified threat forced authorities to lock down l and vernon odomn the tense for students, parents and teachers.

>> after hours of upheaval and concern the student body at beck middle school was at the normal time they had been in lockdown since this morning when a threat was phoned in. they put all theres in place including calling he children are accounted for and safe and secure. >> the parents gathered outside many getting social media notifications from their children inside. >> i asked if anything was happening and they were being moved to the gym. >> bomb sniffing dogs were brought in as they scoured the building. the kids spent most of the day in the gym nice yum. we are trying to keep them in the routine from this time forward we want a normal dismissal dismissal. we can't have parents coming up to take their children we lose track of who is in school and who is out of school.

you have my word they are safe. >> the police chief will not disclose the details of the threat and for school parents a big sigh of relief. >> thank you. >> big relief. >> yes, big relief thank you. god is with us. >> the cops here are great and real attendive and responsive and they took care of this professionally. >> it's an all clear and police are now searching for the culprit that disrupted four hours of learning time with this prank that is not the least bit funny. i'm vernon odom channel 6 "action news." time for a check of the traffic scene out there. back to gina in for matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center. >> reporter: hello we are not looking good at all. this is on the blue route, this is northbound at lime and springfield. we have an accidents ambulance and emergency personnel on the scene and police on the scene. it's off to the shoulder so not really blocking the roadway but on the northbound side just

about 19 minutes to travel between 95 and 76 southbound it's 33 minutes to travel between the schuylkill and 95. we see red out there, 95 18 miles per hour on the northbound side around cotman avenue not too bad as well on the schuylkill but that is on the westbound side around city avenue. lets take you outside this is the schuylkill expressway we have a pretty significant eastbound delay right now, a live look at belmont after few, it's taking you 34 minutes to travel between the blue route on out to the vine. but the west side is creeping along nicely at 17 minute there's. the vine street expressway jaxing up in both directions and eastbound jammed from 76 out through 295 and the same situation on the westbound side pretty much 95 to approaching 76 we are seeing delays. rick and monica -- you. comtionesday night. small busarden state have a helping hand to expand. we'll have more on the

legislation signed today. and jeff skversky has details coming up in sports. monica it was a beautiful afternoon, high temperatures in the middle 50s but this is moving in by tomorrow morning, we are talking windchills and the chance for ait o snow. >> all right those stories and

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leent see mayor done guardian differed the state of the city address. he says there is less money to fun the budget now that several casinos have closed. the mayor is facing re-election vows that plans are not works to fund new projects. and from our new jersey newsroom tonight. new jersey governor chris christie signed a bill to help small businesses helping the bonding readiness assistance program. it helped the companies get government work. and jeff skversky is here one last message from the eagles front office. >> they are trying to build a winner not team that goes 10-6 but go deep in the playoffs and make a superbowl run. how easy would it be to go back

in time and fix costly mistakes but even gm howie roseman doesn't have a time machine roseman feels good because they have a franchise quarterback. they are building the team around carson wentz and fletcher cox. >> i look back at some of mistakes i made they were about just trying to get into the playoffs, believing that once you get into the playoffs you have a chance every year because the a shorter field and you can just get hot. but really when you look at the super bowl champions over the last decade. really they all have a franchise quarterback and the best way to be a contender is with that. >> more from roseman and what

wentzes means for the future at 6:00. home sweet home after a road trip the flyers return home tonight to face the new york rangers. unbeaten in their last eight games at the wells fargo center. steve mason is back in net. they are chasing the rangers in the standing the flyers are slipping they lost six of their last seven games. >> the last two games we played well and now a division game against the rangers we have to play a full 60 and put the pucks in the area and control the pace of the game. >> 2017 it's a new year and with it comes perhaps a new outlook toward the sixers even joel embiid tweets the sixers are undefeated in 2017 they only played one game but what a win last night. the sixers turned a 26 point lead into a nail biter, ricky

rubio when and robert covington getting booed earlier goes from goat to hero and along the way embiid gave covington a big piece of advice. >> the fans are going be fans that is why they booed him after the first shot of the game. i told him, just keep shooting. >> at the end we came out and executed the play like we were suppose to and had mishaps but finished out the game and got the win. the sixers wave hollis thompson. and temple at la salle and another big one. the cats facing 18th ranked butler. nova fans chriskins was money in the championship game this one worth$90,000, the fan at the lakers game hit the half-court shot what does he do with $100,000? he will buy his mom a car.

>> the bank was open. >> maybe he'll get you guys something. maybe not. >> get her a house too. thank you jeff. >> some bright young minds got to show off they are science skills. they hosted a fair in montgomery county and several displays were about sports. and basketball coach fill martelli was on hand to serve as a judge. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet.nds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder get 150 meg internet tv and phone for just 79.99 per month online for the first year. hurry offer ends january 21st. only from fios.

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take a ls live picture from spring mountain to our sky 6 hd camera a few intrepid snowboarders and skiers are coming down it's mountain. we had beautiful weather. and people hit the slopes with the warmer temperatures and that is all about ttomorrow. >> if you got a new ski orater for christmas. >> out and test run it do it at the e week. friday picking up fresh powder in spring mountain and ski resorts in the poconos going to miss out on this system so stay local. spring mountain and you got -- blue in. >> berks i don't know. >> big creek resort. >> bear creek. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dry at this point. sunshin in control this afternoon. with the temperatures that spiked into the middle 50s and they are beginning to slide back 43 in allentown and reading and 42 in lancaster and

up in the poconos 1 degree above the freezing point. the cloud cover we saw earlier tractor trailer day kind of fought with that sunshine a bit. and then the sun did win this afternoon before it set. still hanging on to some cloud as long the shore but as we speed back into the midsection of the country here. you notice this area of snow expanding here in nebraska this will be heading to the east along an arctic front that will pull the temperatures down and also gain a little bit of moisture here in the form of light snow and really the first round of light snow for the majority of us here thursday night and friday of the season. clear and breezy turning cold and 29 in the suburbs and 28 degrees for center city and the westerly wind kicking up and that moves windchills to the teens tomorrow morning when we wake up and the windchills do not get out of the 20s tomorrow afternoon despite the air temperatures are just above the freezing point. a lot of clouds tomorrow and

definitely a winter chill to the area, as we go into thursday. it is dry right up through 10:00 or 11:00 tomorrow night. that is when we start to see a little ban of sers developing west and south of the city and it overtakes the and the concentration alo and to the south and along the brink of the lehigh valley. and the poconos missing this one and by friday morning, 7:00 a.m. as we head out the door to wand school the snow showers will be winding down. but there will be snow on the ground. so it is going to be expect some did he lays early friday morning with a coating to 2 inches of snow on the ground from the lehigh valley to philadelphia wilmington and trenton and the bigger amounts closer to the 2 inches looks to be along the coast. since it is a weak coastal system developing. and then a second coastal storm, a southern slider here. high pressure is coxing in from the west that holds the syste nothing to pull it back inland. so it will head out to sea

mainly a miss here for fridayteto saturday. but if it was to come close enough the one location with a brush of snow is the coastal communities but we'll follow that after the round here tomorrow night into friday morning. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow clouds and 35 and just above freezing on friday and the early snow with the slow morning rush and afternoon sunshine evening rush is fine friday of 34 and storm is off the shore on saturday of 30 degrees and only in the 20s for highs sunday into monday true arctic air with sun and clouds and still cloudy tuesday and 38 and the bigger system here warm air floods in with it and it looks like rain with temperatures back up to 50 degrees. >> thank you. as we keep an eye on the possible snow you can too. at 6abc.com/weather from hourly forecast to stormtracker 6 live double scan live you'll be prepared. don't forget our meteorologists post updates constantly on

social media follow them on facebotwitter. compared to fargo, north dakota it's balmy here. the temperature there negative 11 degrees. wow. factor in the wind and feels like negative 30 tonight. the high the next few days will only reach 4 below in fargo, north dakota that is why i don't live there. we seen what happens to certain items when it gets really cold. this is a picture from minnesota a pair of pans that froze with the waist band wide open. the pants retained their shape, have you to read the story on the fly by the way.

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and a battle brewing for philadelphia's new beverage tax the confusion for store owners and customers. now for adam joseph jaime apody and jeff skversky and monica malpass and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a nice evening. good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. wednesdayight and accuweather is tracking friday's snow and a septa bus driver is convicted of homicide charges for a deadly crash in montgomery county. but the big story on "action news" tonight. is the initial court appearance

of an alleged cold blooded killer. 22-year-old jeremiah monell appeared before a judge today in bridgeton. monell was arraigned for murdering hisranged wife by slitting her throat. gray hall is outside of the courthouse tonight. >> reporter: well jim, the victims family was visibly shaken and upset by the crime and now betting on the legal system to keep the suspect behind bars. >> the judge read off a list of charges and jail time. jeremiah monell stood stone faced. and onlyns from a judge. he is accused of murdering his he is strained wife tara oshea. she filed a restraining order and was in an abusive relationship. >> she cried for help

desperately from the courts to come up and help her get out of the situation she was in. >> o'shea's family is heart broken by this tragic loss. loved one